tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.comments2017-08-17T17:11:22.656-07:00Abayo!Mat Ricardohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348863140830436960noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-43312746921929604532017-01-19T10:01:02.586-08:002017-01-19T10:01:02.586-08:00What a great story, thank you for taking us with ...What a great story, thank you for taking us with you!Stark Radiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07794665106402314809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-29815892869224231542016-12-06T10:58:47.602-08:002016-12-06T10:58:47.602-08:00Thank you for your words Mat, they&#39;re helping ...Thank you for your words Mat, they&#39;re helping with my bottomless pit right now.<br />Mark BellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-90740170258813855582016-04-07T06:15:44.785-07:002016-04-07T06:15:44.785-07:00Very well written, Mr Ricardo. I love your work. ...Very well written, Mr Ricardo. I love your work. Thank you for sharing your black dog story. Stay strong! but remember it&#39;s ok to get weary.Stark Radiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07794665106402314809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-68696105299893849332016-04-03T12:28:52.820-07:002016-04-03T12:28:52.820-07:00you said at the age of 65 he was introduced as a n...you said at the age of 65 he was introduced as a new comer only shows how original he trick were all through his long and giving life I didn&#39;t know him but i&#39;m sure a lot of people will no doubt miss him sorry for your loss of an old and valued friend Matt. georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-47326410229535919652016-04-02T08:09:26.029-07:002016-04-02T08:09:26.029-07:00Wonderful thank youWonderful thank youmike alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459645124161796690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-75488900685320219482016-02-10T09:48:32.002-08:002016-02-10T09:48:32.002-08:00You write very well, thank you!You write very well, thank you!Stark Radiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07794665106402314809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-47194098357673530192016-02-10T09:44:33.577-08:002016-02-10T09:44:33.577-08:00Lovely photographs, Mat. Sounds like you had fun!...Lovely photographs, Mat. Sounds like you had fun!Stark Radiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07794665106402314809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-61085753584191808942016-01-20T14:48:47.752-08:002016-01-20T14:48:47.752-08:00Thank you for living through this and sharing it. ...Thank you for living through this and sharing it. I&#39;m sure it will save many people a tremendous hassle in the future. You have an awesome act and they totally missed out by screwing you over. I&#39;ll go out of my way to catch one of your live shows when I can, and I certainly hope to see your name in the storied pages of Guiness one day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-8047716243807473702016-01-20T10:44:55.046-08:002016-01-20T10:44:55.046-08:00i feel your pain. i had a similar experience when...i feel your pain. i had a similar experience when i was producing a feature film out there. its the chinese way. shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270004399833954198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-16361530938616783162016-01-20T09:01:20.789-08:002016-01-20T09:01:20.789-08:00Interesting story. Just FYI, they were bluffing wh...Interesting story. Just FYI, they were bluffing when they said they could cancel your visa. It&#39;s not that easy and that&#39;d require your passport and at least a week&#39;s time. Probably difficult to forget about all of that and just enjoy your time, but you were already there!Charlie Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797098082641221347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-27005362014018984202016-01-20T04:20:49.230-08:002016-01-20T04:20:49.230-08:00Ah, you got China&#39;d. It&#39;s unbelievable the...Ah, you got China&#39;d. It&#39;s unbelievable the amount of times I&#39;ve heard similar stories. Allen Iverson had the same situation last year. <br />http://basketballbuddha.com/allen-iverson-trip-to-china-ruined-by-chinese-agents/<br /><br />I&#39;ve got two hard rules that I have to maintain while living here. Never let a Mainlander completely control my schedule and always have an escape plan. <br /><br />Not that you were wrong for getting out of there so quickly, but your Visa would have been fine. There&#39;s no way that they could have cancelled it in such a short amount of time. It was just a scare tactic to coerce you into doing what they wanted. Lying and cheating are standard parts of doing business. Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739322445787964535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-3395513497422515272016-01-20T01:04:41.641-08:002016-01-20T01:04:41.641-08:00I did the same thing in Wenzhou back in 94 ,they m...I did the same thing in Wenzhou back in 94 ,they made a fake work permit that I found out about when opening a huge club as a DJ. Got an early morning ship to Shanghai, train to Beijing, picked the rest of my stuff up and pegged it. Bless you mate, you did the right thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-28953647462263749872016-01-20T00:59:45.134-08:002016-01-20T00:59:45.134-08:00Shared your article on Reddit China, a forum run b...Shared your article on Reddit China, a forum run by expats who live here. As you can see from the comments, none of us were in the least bit surprised. https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/41t7zk/abayo_and_the_world_record_for_worst_gig_ever/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-41394224512944533562016-01-20T00:46:20.278-08:002016-01-20T00:46:20.278-08:00They can&#39;t just revoke your visa and leave you...They can&#39;t just revoke your visa and leave you stuck at the border. The police would have to charge you with a crime first and seize your passport. As long as you have your passport, you&#39;re good to go. Sorry to hear you had such a bad experience but you handled it with class. Hoping you get another chance to come back to China to do the trick you originally signed up for. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-9022988107799415132016-01-19T21:50:36.646-08:002016-01-19T21:50:36.646-08:00Great story and warning to others going to China. ...Great story and warning to others going to China. Personally, they xrayed my bags leaving China ( by foot to Vietnam ) and they confiscated my LonelyPlanet ( Tiawan etc ). Their logic evades me!<br />My border guard&#39;s English name tag said &quot;Candy Sin&quot; but I didn&#39;t feel I could laugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-42623053087770275252016-01-19T17:29:51.267-08:002016-01-19T17:29:51.267-08:00I&#39;ve been to China and my wife is Chinese. Thi...I&#39;ve been to China and my wife is Chinese. This story is 100% China in every way; in every detail. Not a single nuance shocks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-82277463344360775672016-01-19T13:12:41.573-08:002016-01-19T13:12:41.573-08:00Whatever the sponsors are feeling proud of, should...Whatever the sponsors are feeling proud of, should be their new shames.Haotian Zhanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15034590683037815859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-77325593514847351182016-01-19T10:24:20.284-08:002016-01-19T10:24:20.284-08:00I want to hear more about how you found vegetarian...I want to hear more about how you found vegetarian fare at a McDonald&#39;s! :)Kaznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-82714897000793029592016-01-19T10:15:26.501-08:002016-01-19T10:15:26.501-08:00The awful misadventure you had was far more engros...The awful misadventure you had was far more engrossing of a tale than had it gone as planned: kismet! I found similarities to my first six weeks working for Aeon English Schools in Japan - a boss who hated Americans, hated men and told lies even when a lie benefitted nobody. I walked out on that awful job and left 80 students in the lurch after sitting down with her and management from HQ ... I said the next lie she tells I&#39;ll stand up, grab my coat and leave both this job and the apartment you rented me. Twenty seconds later I was out the door. The job I found in Tsukuba a month later was a flowery walk in the park after that nightmare. I&#39;m glad you stuck to your guns and put them in a predicament, it was the right move.clunkerlovehttps://clunkerlove.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-51265548234104286052016-01-19T08:00:48.895-08:002016-01-19T08:00:48.895-08:00Wow. Just Wow. You deserve the Guinness World Reco...Wow. Just Wow. You deserve the Guinness World Record for sleuthiest escape from a psycho TV show 😜 Dreamertinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443342680345138014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-82108678223235188182016-01-19T05:00:35.320-08:002016-01-19T05:00:35.320-08:00By turns horrifying and hilarious (and frequently ...By turns horrifying and hilarious (and frequently both)! I really enjoyed this insightful and amusing post; glad to hear that you escaped safely in the end! Did you exchange details with any of the other performers and discover how it panned out for them?Harry Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094324537320460339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-25945328708293746842016-01-19T00:05:31.671-08:002016-01-19T00:05:31.671-08:00Great read, admire you standing up to them. I now ...Great read, admire you standing up to them. I now wish I&#39;d thrown some jeopardy into the Cardiff gig I booked you for a while back Kockovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17051456113402563877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-37857623776527556112016-01-19T00:03:33.301-08:002016-01-19T00:03:33.301-08:00It makes the gig in Cardiff I booked you for very ...It makes the gig in Cardiff I booked you for very straight forward. Great read admire you standing your ground, well done. Kockovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17051456113402563877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-44856224084859708452016-01-18T16:56:16.167-08:002016-01-18T16:56:16.167-08:00Great read, you&#39;re amazing!Great read, you&#39;re amazing!Fanny Sjöblomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446427293466385261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8764786763979427673.post-3554656292073323002016-01-18T14:48:28.442-08:002016-01-18T14:48:28.442-08:00Sorry to hear about your experience, sounded like ...Sorry to hear about your experience, sounded like a very stressful and generally very poor experience, but I got a bit distracted by this throwaway... <br /><br />&quot;Bear Grylls. And the stuff he does on Chinese TV is a little, shall we say, more hardcore, then what he does on your TV. I only watched it for about ten minutes, but I witnessed him tear the wings of live birds&quot;...<br /><br />What? I mean seriously WTF?Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02364754599617237596noreply@blogger.com